Kitty S. (kittynewengland) reviewed on 4/13/2015 + 116 more book reviews

THE GOOD FATHER is a gripping novel about Dr. Paul Allen, whose 20-year-old college drop out son is arrested for the murder of a leading presidential candidate. Dr. Allen is a rheumatologist, diagnosing patients with mysterious or conflicting symptoms. He applies his keen diagnostic skills to his son's case in order to prove his son's innocence. Gnawing at Dr. Allen is the fact that he lives on the east coast and his son mainly lived on the west cost with his flaky mother, whom he divorced when the son was 7. Dr. Allen has a unending capacity for unconditional love for his son but also guilt over what, if any, impact the divorce and his distant parenting may have had on his son's actions. Dr. Allen embarks on an all-consuming physical and emotional journey to search for answers that may or may not be found. Recommended.

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